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Fort Lauderdale, FL weather

It is 75°F and mostly cloudy at Fort Lauderdale, Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport as of Oct 28, 5:06 AM EDT. Overnight: Chance Showers And Thunderstorms, low near 76°F, 34% chance of precipitation. Forecast from the National Weather Service, issued Oct 28, 3:56 AM EDT.

Updated Oct 28, 5:14 AM EDT (snapshot)

Current conditions

Temperature

75°F

Mostly Cloudy · feels like 77°F

Wind

NW 6 mph

Humidity 96% · dew point 74°F

Pressure · visibility

29.87 inHg

Visibility 10 mi

Observed at Fort Lauderdale, Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport (KFXE), Oct 28, 5:06 AM EDT. Station readings can lag or be missing.

Alerts for this area

Coastal Flood Warning Severe Expected

Coastal Flood Warning issued October 28 at 1:45AM EDT until October 28 at 8:00PM EDT by NWS Miami FL

Area
Coastal Broward County; Coastal Miami Dade County
In effect
Oct 28, 1:45 AM EDT
Until
Oct 28, 8:00 PM EDT
Issued by
NWS Miami FL
Full text

* WHAT...For the Coastal Flood Warning, significant coastal flooding. For the High Rip Current Risk, dangerous rip currents. For the Coastal Flood Advisory, moderate coastal flooding expected. * WHERE...Coastal Broward County and Coastal Miami Dade County. * WHEN...For the Coastal Flood Warning, until 8 PM EDT this evening. For the High Rip Current Risk, through this evening. For the Coastal Flood Advisory, from 8 PM this evening to 8 PM EDT Thursday. * IMPACTS...Numerous roads may be closed. Low lying property including homes, businesses, and some critical infrastructure will be inundated. Some shoreline erosion will occur. Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water.

What to do: Take the necessary actions to protect flood-prone property. If travel is required, do not drive around barricades or through water of unknown depth. Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help.

Rip Current Statement Moderate Expected

Rip Current Statement issued October 28 at 1:45AM EDT until October 28 at 8:00PM EDT by NWS Miami FL

Area
Coastal Broward County; Coastal Miami Dade County
In effect
Oct 28, 1:45 AM EDT
Until
Oct 28, 8:00 PM EDT
Issued by
NWS Miami FL
Full text

* WHAT...For the Coastal Flood Warning, significant coastal flooding. For the High Rip Current Risk, dangerous rip currents. For the Coastal Flood Advisory, moderate coastal flooding expected. * WHERE...Coastal Broward County and Coastal Miami Dade County. * WHEN...For the Coastal Flood Warning, until 8 PM EDT this evening. For the High Rip Current Risk, through this evening. For the Coastal Flood Advisory, from 8 PM this evening to 8 PM EDT Thursday. * IMPACTS...Numerous roads may be closed. Low lying property including homes, businesses, and some critical infrastructure will be inundated. Some shoreline erosion will occur. Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water.

What to do: Take the necessary actions to protect flood-prone property. If travel is required, do not drive around barricades or through water of unknown depth. Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help.

Coastal Flood Advisory Minor Expected

Coastal Flood Advisory issued October 28 at 1:45AM EDT until October 29 at 8:00PM EDT by NWS Miami FL

Area
Coastal Broward County; Coastal Miami Dade County
In effect
Oct 28, 8:00 PM EDT
Until
Oct 29, 8:00 PM EDT
Issued by
NWS Miami FL
Full text

* WHAT...For the Coastal Flood Warning, significant coastal flooding. For the High Rip Current Risk, dangerous rip currents. For the Coastal Flood Advisory, moderate coastal flooding expected. * WHERE...Coastal Broward County and Coastal Miami Dade County. * WHEN...For the Coastal Flood Warning, until 8 PM EDT this evening. For the High Rip Current Risk, through this evening. For the Coastal Flood Advisory, from 8 PM this evening to 8 PM EDT Thursday. * IMPACTS...Numerous roads may be closed. Low lying property including homes, businesses, and some critical infrastructure will be inundated. Some shoreline erosion will occur. Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water.

What to do: Take the necessary actions to protect flood-prone property. If travel is required, do not drive around barricades or through water of unknown depth. Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help.

Around the NWS MFL forecast area

8 active alerts cover zones served by the MFL office near Fort Lauderdale:

  • Coastal Flood Warning (2)
  • Rip Current Statement (2)
  • Coastal Flood Advisory (2)
  • High Surf Advisory
  • Small Craft Advisory

From the alert snapshot of Oct 28, 2026, 5:12 AM EDT. Florida has 17 active alerts: see them all.

For official warnings, check weather.gov and your local authorities. OpenForecast repeats National Weather Service alerts and may be delayed or incomplete. Follow instructions from emergency officials.

Next 24 hours

Hourly forecast for Fort Lauderdale (local time)
TimeTempForecastPrecip. chanceWind
Wed 7 AM76°FSlight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms21%E 8 mph
Wed 8 AM76°FChance Showers And Thunderstorms33%NE 8 mph
Wed 9 AM78°FChance Showers And Thunderstorms36%NE 8 mph
Wed 10 AM81°FChance Showers And Thunderstorms30%NE 9 mph
Wed 11 AM82°FSlight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms17%E 10 mph
Wed 12 PM83°FSlight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms18%E 10 mph
Wed 1 PM83°FSlight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms24%E 12 mph
Wed 2 PM83°FSlight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms21%E 12 mph
Wed 3 PM83°FSlight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms21%E 12 mph
Wed 4 PM83°FSlight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms22%NE 12 mph
Wed 5 PM84°FSlight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms20%NE 10 mph
Wed 6 PM83°FSlight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms15%NE 9 mph
Wed 7 PM81°FSlight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms19%E 8 mph
Wed 8 PM81°FChance Showers And Thunderstorms25%E 8 mph
Wed 9 PM80°FChance Showers And Thunderstorms27%E 7 mph
Wed 10 PM79°FSlight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms23%E 7 mph
Wed 11 PM79°FSlight Chance Rain Showers21%E 6 mph
Thu 12 AM78°FSlight Chance Rain Showers18%E 6 mph
Thu 1 AM78°FMostly Clear14%E 5 mph
Thu 2 AM77°FSlight Chance Rain Showers16%E 5 mph
Thu 3 AM77°FSlight Chance Rain Showers15%E 3 mph
Thu 4 AM77°FSlight Chance Rain Showers15%SE 3 mph
Thu 5 AM76°FSlight Chance Rain Showers15%E 3 mph
Thu 6 AM76°FSlight Chance Rain Showers17%NE 3 mph

Hourly values come from the NWS gridded forecast for the 2.5 km grid square that covers the city's center point. Conditions elsewhere in Fort Lauderdale can differ.

7-day forecast

Overnight

Low 76°F

A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a low around 76. Northeast wind around 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Wednesday

High 85°F·Low 75°F

A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 7am, then a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms between 7am and 8am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 8am and 11am, then a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 85. Northeast wind 8 to 12 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Wednesday Night: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms before 8pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 8pm and 10pm, then a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a low around 75. East wind 3 to 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Thursday

High 86°F·Low 75°F

A chance of rain showers before 2pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 2pm and 3pm, then a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms between 3pm and 4pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 86. East wind 3 to 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Thursday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 7pm, then a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a low around 75. Northeast wind 3 to 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Friday

High 85°F·Low 75°F

A chance of rain showers before 5pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 85. Northeast wind 5 to 12 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Friday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly clear, with a low around 75. Northeast wind 7 to 12 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Saturday

High 85°F·Low 75°F

A chance of rain showers before 8am, then showers and thunderstorms likely. Mostly sunny, with a high near 85. East wind 10 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Saturday Night: Showers and thunderstorms likely before 8pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a low around 75. East wind 10 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Sunday

High 84°F·Low 74°F

A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 7am, then showers and thunderstorms likely. Mostly sunny, with a high near 84. Chance of precipitation is 70%.

Sunday Night: Showers and thunderstorms likely before 7pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 7pm and 1am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a low around 74. Chance of precipitation is 70%.

Monday

High 85°F·Low 73°F

A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 1pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 85. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Monday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 1am. Partly cloudy, with a low around 73. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Tuesday

High 85°F

A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1pm. Sunny, with a high near 85.

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About this forecast

Forecast office
Fort Lauderdale is served by the National Weather Service MFL forecast office, forecast zone FLZ172, county zone FLC011.
Location used
The Census Bureau's internal point for Fort Lauderdale (26.1412, -80.1467), in Broward County. Population: 190,641 (2024 estimate), number 10 of the 120 Florida cities on this site.
Radar
Nearest NWS radar: KAMX. View it on radar.weather.gov.

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Sources

  • Forecast, hourly forecast, observations and alerts: National Weather Service API, api.weather.gov/points/26.1412,-80.1467 (forecast issued Oct 28, 3:56 AM EDT).
  • Official forecast page: forecast.weather.gov.
  • City location and population: U.S. Census Bureau, Vintage 2024 population estimates and 2024 Gazetteer files.
  • Snapshot taken Oct 28, 2026. The NWS and Census Bureau do not endorse OpenForecast.

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